RESUME
Education
2001 Frank Espada Portfolio Development Workshop, San Francisco, California
2000 Cole Weston Photography Workshop, Carmel, California
1998 Ruth Bernhard Photography Workshop, University of California San Francisco, California
1990 Mark Citret Photography Workshop, Yosemite National Park
1983 Debra Heimerdinger Workshop, DeYoung Museum School, San Francisco, California
1982 Masters of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979 Bachelor of Arts in Design of the Environment, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Art Commissions
2020 Southeast Health Center Expansion, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission
2020 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Market Street Canopies, San Francisco, California
2019 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), 19th Street Station, Oakland, California
2016 Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission
2014 San Francisco Travel Association (formerly SF Convention and Visitors Bureau)
2013 San Francisco Public Library, Bayview Linda Brooks-Burton Branch, San Francisco Arts Commission,
San Francisco, California, “Spirit and Nature Dancing Together” and “Symbiotic Relationships”
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Headquarters, San Francisco, California
Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, Southeast Community Facility
VM Ware, Inc, Palo Alto, California and Dallas, Texas
Alternate, Alameda County Arts Commission, San Lorenzo Public Library Expansion Project
2011 Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission,
2010 Alternate, Ashland Youth Center, Alameda County Arts Commission, Ashland, California
Finalist, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Public Art Project, San Francisco, California
Solo Exhibits
2019 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Cafe Valor, San Francisco, CA, "Beneath My Skin Is The History of My Beauty"
2018 Sargent Johnson Gallery at AAACC, San Francisco, CA, "Beneath My Skin Is The History of My Beauty"
2014 Rayko Photo Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Artist-in-Residence Exhibit”
2013 San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, “The Secret Life of Plants”
2011 Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, California, “Passage”
2010 CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, California, “The Secret Life of Plants”
2007 Middle Collegiate Church, New York, New York, “Someday We’ll All Be Free”
Schizandra Health Center, San Francisco, California “Seeds: The Secret Life of Plants”
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, "Art of the African Diaspora"
Ruth's Table, San Francisco, California, "Echoes of Bauhaus Photography Cast Long Shadows"
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California, "Art of the African Diaspora"
2019 George Lawson Gallery, Mill Valley, California, "Multiverse"
Root Division, San Francisco, California, "Colorism: the spectrum of internalized bias"
George Lawson Gallery, Emeryville, California, "Secret Lives"
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California, "New York, New York"
Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, "48 Pillars"
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California, "Something Blue", Jurors: Ann Jastrab and Jan Watten
2018 Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California, "Abstractions, A-Z"
Museum of Northern California, Chico, California, "Silence Out Loud: African American Portraits"
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, "Passport 10th Anniversary"
Root Division, San Francisco, California, "17th Annual Benefit Art Auction"
The Growlery, San Francisco, California, "Space is the Place: A San Francisco Funk Lesson"
2017 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, "With liberty and justice for some",
San Jose ICA, "Detritus", San Jose, CA, Curators: Kevin Chen, Lisa Ellsworth, Lordy Rodriguez
2016 Root Division, San Francisco, California, “MFA Never”
CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, California, “ReView: Seven Years at CordenPotts”
2015 Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, “Hireath”, Curator: Rhiannon MacFadyen
stArtup Art Fair, San Franicsco, CA, Jurors: Hank Willis Thomas, Janet Bishop, Heather Marx
2014 PHOTO Gallery, “Best of Botanicals” National Juried Exhibition”, Oakland, California: Honorable Mention
City Arts Gallery, City College of San Francisco, “Art of the Digital”, Curator: Fran Valesco
Rayko Photo Center, “International Plastic Camera Show”, Juried by: Ann Jastrab
2013 San Francisco Public Library, “Reflecting the Light”, Curator: Michael Ross
San Francisco City Hall, Supervisor London Breed Office, “Mixed Collection”
ArtPadSF, San Francisco, California, “Collections”
2012 Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Four Squared”
Sargeant Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California, “The Exodus. The Migration. The Stand.”
Middlesex County College, Edison, New Jersey, “ Self:Scape”, Curator: Jen Blazina
Rayko Photo Center, “Created by Rayko Artists”, San Francisco, California
2011 3.9 Art Collective/Sirron Norris Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Still Here”
The Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, Colorado, “The Art of Photography Today 2”
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, “Fresh Work”
2010 Contemporary Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Selections 2010”
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Art in Nature”, Juror: Kathy Moran
2009 San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, California, “Portrait of a New Millennium”
Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Oakland, California, “Measure of Time”
The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, “The Art of Living Black”
2008 Art94124 Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Heat + Light”
June Steinhart Gallery at Laney College, Oakland, California, “Berkeley Digital 2.0”
2007 The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Alternative Processes”
Barra, Inc., Berkeley, California, “3 Artists from Kala”
Oakland Museum at Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California, “Open Wide”
2006 Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley, California, “Civic Center Competition”
Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, Maine, “Self-Exposure: The Male Nude Self-Portrait”
Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, “SCAR TISSUE: FAST PAIN, SLOW HEALING”
Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, California, “SNAP!”
Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, California, “The Art of Living Black”, Guest Curator: Leroy W. Parker
2005 Clamp Art, New York, NY “Self-Exposure”
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Thirty Something”
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California, “The Art of Living Black: Selected Works”
CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, California, “Crossing Bridges”
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California,
“Contemporary Perspectives
Volunteer Experience
2015 Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR), Board Member
2011- 2020 3.9Art Collective, San Francisco, California, Co-Founder, Board Member
2010- 2013 Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, California, Programming Committee Member
2008- 2010 Art 94124 Gallery, San Francisco, California, Co-Founder
1992- 1994 LEAP (Learning and Education Arts Program), San Francisco, California, Board Member
Teaching Experience
2019 Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California
2015 Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, California
2008, 2011 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, Photography Instructor
2005- 2007 University of California Extension Berkeley, San Francisco, California, Guest Lecturer
2001 Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Park, San Francisco, California, Photography Instructor
1997-1998 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California Environmental Arts Summer Program,
Co-developer of “arts” program for disadvantaged youths.
Residency
2014- 2015 Shipyard Trust for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2014 Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, California
2002 - 2011 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Publications and Reviews
2015 Anita Katz, SF Examiner, “Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artists”, April 22
2013 Alexis Coe, SF Weekly, “Recent Acquisitions: New Photograms Speak to Bayview”, March 15
2011 DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, “Passage”, February 16
2010 Cristina Franzoni, ZOOM, “Vision America”, July-August.
Harry J. Johnson, RWM, DeWitt Cheng, ArtBusiness.com,“Selections 2010” January 14
2008 DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, “Measure of Time”
Published Artwork
2016 INPHA 3 (International Photography Annual), Manifest Press
2013 7x7 Magazine San Francisco, “The Best of San Francisco”, Bookeeper: Bayview Public Library
2010 W. Gary Smith, “From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design”,
Timber Press
2005 Reed Massengill , “Self-Exposure : The Male Nude Self Portrait”, an anthology, Rizzoli Publications
1986 Woodson, Jr., LeRoy and others, “Roadside Foods”, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Publishers, Inc.
Awards
2019 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
2017 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
2007 The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Alternative Processes”,
Juror: Elizabeth Spungen, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Finalist
1997 International World Heritage Photo Competition sponsored by UNESCO, Honorable Mention
2001 Frank Espada Portfolio Development Workshop, San Francisco, California
2000 Cole Weston Photography Workshop, Carmel, California
1998 Ruth Bernhard Photography Workshop, University of California San Francisco, California
1990 Mark Citret Photography Workshop, Yosemite National Park
1983 Debra Heimerdinger Workshop, DeYoung Museum School, San Francisco, California
1982 Masters of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979 Bachelor of Arts in Design of the Environment, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Art Commissions
2020 Southeast Health Center Expansion, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission
2020 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Market Street Canopies, San Francisco, California
2019 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), 19th Street Station, Oakland, California
2016 Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission
2014 San Francisco Travel Association (formerly SF Convention and Visitors Bureau)
2013 San Francisco Public Library, Bayview Linda Brooks-Burton Branch, San Francisco Arts Commission,
San Francisco, California, “Spirit and Nature Dancing Together” and “Symbiotic Relationships”
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Headquarters, San Francisco, California
Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission, Southeast Community Facility
VM Ware, Inc, Palo Alto, California and Dallas, Texas
Alternate, Alameda County Arts Commission, San Lorenzo Public Library Expansion Project
2011 Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, California, San Francisco Arts Commission,
2010 Alternate, Ashland Youth Center, Alameda County Arts Commission, Ashland, California
Finalist, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Public Art Project, San Francisco, California
Solo Exhibits
2019 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Cafe Valor, San Francisco, CA, "Beneath My Skin Is The History of My Beauty"
2018 Sargent Johnson Gallery at AAACC, San Francisco, CA, "Beneath My Skin Is The History of My Beauty"
2014 Rayko Photo Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Artist-in-Residence Exhibit”
2013 San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, “The Secret Life of Plants”
2011 Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, California, “Passage”
2010 CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, California, “The Secret Life of Plants”
2007 Middle Collegiate Church, New York, New York, “Someday We’ll All Be Free”
Schizandra Health Center, San Francisco, California “Seeds: The Secret Life of Plants”
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, "Art of the African Diaspora"
Ruth's Table, San Francisco, California, "Echoes of Bauhaus Photography Cast Long Shadows"
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California, "Art of the African Diaspora"
2019 George Lawson Gallery, Mill Valley, California, "Multiverse"
Root Division, San Francisco, California, "Colorism: the spectrum of internalized bias"
George Lawson Gallery, Emeryville, California, "Secret Lives"
Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California, "New York, New York"
Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, "48 Pillars"
Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, California, "Something Blue", Jurors: Ann Jastrab and Jan Watten
2018 Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, California, "Abstractions, A-Z"
Museum of Northern California, Chico, California, "Silence Out Loud: African American Portraits"
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, "Passport 10th Anniversary"
Root Division, San Francisco, California, "17th Annual Benefit Art Auction"
The Growlery, San Francisco, California, "Space is the Place: A San Francisco Funk Lesson"
2017 San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, "With liberty and justice for some",
San Jose ICA, "Detritus", San Jose, CA, Curators: Kevin Chen, Lisa Ellsworth, Lordy Rodriguez
2016 Root Division, San Francisco, California, “MFA Never”
CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco, California, “ReView: Seven Years at CordenPotts”
2015 Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, “Hireath”, Curator: Rhiannon MacFadyen
stArtup Art Fair, San Franicsco, CA, Jurors: Hank Willis Thomas, Janet Bishop, Heather Marx
2014 PHOTO Gallery, “Best of Botanicals” National Juried Exhibition”, Oakland, California: Honorable Mention
City Arts Gallery, City College of San Francisco, “Art of the Digital”, Curator: Fran Valesco
Rayko Photo Center, “International Plastic Camera Show”, Juried by: Ann Jastrab
2013 San Francisco Public Library, “Reflecting the Light”, Curator: Michael Ross
San Francisco City Hall, Supervisor London Breed Office, “Mixed Collection”
ArtPadSF, San Francisco, California, “Collections”
2012 Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Four Squared”
Sargeant Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California, “The Exodus. The Migration. The Stand.”
Middlesex County College, Edison, New Jersey, “ Self:Scape”, Curator: Jen Blazina
Rayko Photo Center, “Created by Rayko Artists”, San Francisco, California
2011 3.9 Art Collective/Sirron Norris Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Still Here”
The Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, Colorado, “The Art of Photography Today 2”
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, “Fresh Work”
2010 Contemporary Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Selections 2010”
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Art in Nature”, Juror: Kathy Moran
2009 San Pablo Arts Gallery, San Pablo, California, “Portrait of a New Millennium”
Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Oakland, California, “Measure of Time”
The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, “The Art of Living Black”
2008 Art94124 Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Heat + Light”
June Steinhart Gallery at Laney College, Oakland, California, “Berkeley Digital 2.0”
2007 The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Alternative Processes”
Barra, Inc., Berkeley, California, “3 Artists from Kala”
Oakland Museum at Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California, “Open Wide”
2006 Berkeley City Hall, Berkeley, California, “Civic Center Competition”
Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, Maine, “Self-Exposure: The Male Nude Self-Portrait”
Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, “SCAR TISSUE: FAST PAIN, SLOW HEALING”
Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Oakland, California, “SNAP!”
Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, California, “The Art of Living Black”, Guest Curator: Leroy W. Parker
2005 Clamp Art, New York, NY “Self-Exposure”
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California, “Thirty Something”
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California, “The Art of Living Black: Selected Works”
CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, California, “Crossing Bridges”
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California,
“Contemporary Perspectives
Volunteer Experience
2015 Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR), Board Member
2011- 2020 3.9Art Collective, San Francisco, California, Co-Founder, Board Member
2010- 2013 Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, California, Programming Committee Member
2008- 2010 Art 94124 Gallery, San Francisco, California, Co-Founder
1992- 1994 LEAP (Learning and Education Arts Program), San Francisco, California, Board Member
Teaching Experience
2019 Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California
2015 Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, California
2008, 2011 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, Photography Instructor
2005- 2007 University of California Extension Berkeley, San Francisco, California, Guest Lecturer
2001 Crissy Field, Golden Gate National Park, San Francisco, California, Photography Instructor
1997-1998 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California Environmental Arts Summer Program,
Co-developer of “arts” program for disadvantaged youths.
Residency
2014- 2015 Shipyard Trust for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2014 Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, California
2002 - 2011 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Publications and Reviews
2015 Anita Katz, SF Examiner, “Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artists”, April 22
2013 Alexis Coe, SF Weekly, “Recent Acquisitions: New Photograms Speak to Bayview”, March 15
2011 DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, “Passage”, February 16
2010 Cristina Franzoni, ZOOM, “Vision America”, July-August.
Harry J. Johnson, RWM, DeWitt Cheng, ArtBusiness.com,“Selections 2010” January 14
2008 DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, “Measure of Time”
Published Artwork
2016 INPHA 3 (International Photography Annual), Manifest Press
2013 7x7 Magazine San Francisco, “The Best of San Francisco”, Bookeeper: Bayview Public Library
2010 W. Gary Smith, “From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design”,
Timber Press
2005 Reed Massengill , “Self-Exposure : The Male Nude Self Portrait”, an anthology, Rizzoli Publications
1986 Woodson, Jr., LeRoy and others, “Roadside Foods”, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Publishers, Inc.
Awards
2019 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
2017 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
2007 The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, “Alternative Processes”,
Juror: Elizabeth Spungen, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Finalist
1997 International World Heritage Photo Competition sponsored by UNESCO, Honorable Mention